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On May 1, Mountain Valley suffered a major rupture during safety testing. But it still wants to start flowing gas next week.

A bill to protect Illinois’ remaining wetlands is moving forward in the state legislature, seeking to close a regulatory gap created by the Supreme Court.

New poll results show overwhelming public support for government action to address the plastic crisis, including a strong global plastics treaty.

The legislature has a crucial opportunity to pass bills to protect people and pollinators from needless pesticide use.

The recent Draft Environmental Impact Statement ignores the threats to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s drinking water source and violates tribal treaty rights and sovereignty in a severe environmental injustice.

A geographer sees a familiar pattern of government-backed energy projects devastating Indigenous communities and violating tribal sovereignty.  

The prophesied “Seventh Generation” is here—demanding justice for tribes and protecting what they have left. 

In a historic 2023 session, Minnesota reined in pesticide use, increased pollinator habitat, and built momentum toward additional protections. 

A clean and sustainable energy future is needed for addressing climate change, but how we get there matters. In the midst of global efforts to clean up and eliminate the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”), Chemours is doubling…

EPA Administrator Michael Regan hosted an event in Warren County, North Carolina and announced the creation of a new national office dedicated to the advancement of environmental justice across the country.

Teachers and students from the Southeast Side have come together to advocate for green schools in some of the most polluted areas in Illinois.

In Centreville, Illinois, a majority-Black community has been left waiting for change.

The Biden administration’s very welcome decision to block sulfide-ore copper mining on the edges of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is personal to me and my family. My in-laws have roots there going back more than a century, and…

NRDC has seen a steady decline in total water usage institution-wide and has taken steps to advance water stewardship.

This is the fourth in a series of blogs celebrating the grant projects funded through our Clean Air Act settlement with the owners of the E.D. Edwards coal-fired power plant outside Peoria, Illinois. The settlement provides for the plant to…